almanzo wilder had a horse

What happened to Governor of Orleans, the Morgan stallion that Almanzo Wilder purchased after 1915 to breed with Ozark mares? There is little known about Governor of Orleans' life in Mansfield, and only a few photos exist. Did Almanzo sell him? Was he one of the Morgan horses Almanzo supplied to the army during World War I?

Governor of Orleans was foaled in 1914, and he is linked to "Justin Morgan" as follows: Ben Lomond (1908), General Gates (1894), Denning Allen (1874), Honest Allen (1855), Ethan Allen (1849), Black Hawk (1833), Sherman Morgan (1808), Justin Morgan (1789).

It doesn't seem that any of the Wilder Morgan horses in Malone were registered, although a dark bay stallion named Smith's Veto, foaled in 1852 in Franklin County, New York, may have sired the Wilder Morgans.

The "Little House" books are the only source of information about Bess and Beauty, Prince and Lady, Starlight, and others. Some of what Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote was indeed fictionalized; for example, Lady belonged to Royal, not Almanzo. It's a shame that Rose didn't ask her father to write to her in detail about his horses.
- posted by pioneergirl at 1:39 AM